Registration still available for Session 2 and Session 3!

The COVID-19 virus is no match for GRA! We have cancelled the auditorium, contacted the speakers, and are now offering our California-Focus PFAS symposium as a 3-day digital event. Register for the entire event or just the individual two-hour-long sessions.   

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Featured Keynote Speaker

Dark Waters: The Story Behind the Environmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup

Robert A. BilottTaft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

 

 

PFAS are a group of more than 3000 chemicals containing fluorinated compounds.  PFAS are found in consumer products, non-stick cookware, food packaging, and some types of fire-fighting foam.  PFAS have been dubbed the "forever chemicals" in the media because they currently aren't readily degraded by native microbial communities. PFAS are of particular concern in California. 

Because of their mobility and resistance to degradation, they may not be completely removed in standard wastewater treatment plants and may become "recycled" in the environment.  The possible occurrence of PFAS in surface water being used to recharge California's depleted aquifers -- a priority water management strategy under California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) -- is particularly concerning.

Not surprisingly, California has emerged as a leader in the investigation and evaluation of possible impacts to groundwater resources from PFAS.  In March 2019, California EPA, led by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), began an aggressive program of phased investigations of drinking water supplies and various businesses throughout the state that are thought to have the highest likelihood of releasing PFAS to the environment.  Phase 1 investigations are currently underway at dozens of airports, landfills, and drinking water wells near those sites.  Phase 2 investigations, targeting chrome plating facilities throughout the state, have also recently begun. In June 2018, SWRCB published interim Notification Levels and Response Level for two PFAS compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanoic sulfonate (PFOS). In August 2019, SWRCB lowered the Notification Levels for PFOA and PFOS.

 

Session topics:

  • Session 1 (Monday, April 27, 2020 from 9:00 to 11:30 AM Pacific Time)
    Federal, California State and Local Programs for Addressing PFAS in the Environment
  • Session 2 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020 from 9:00 to 11:30 AM Pacific Time)
    SWRCB Investigative Orders Status, Results, and Future Directions
  • Session 3 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020 from 9:00 to 11:30 AM Pacific Time)
    California Water Resources & PFAS

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Date and Time

Mon, Apr. 27 - Wed, Apr. 29, 2020

9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
(GMT-0700) America/Los_Angeles

Location

A Virtual Event.



BSMAR 17 and SWEPSYM will be a Virtual ConferenceThe Arizona Hydrological Society and the Floodplain Management Association have decided the conference will be virtual. Both organizations received requests from speakers and registrants to provide a virtual meeting because their agency or company has restricted in-person attendance in 2020. These requests …

BSMAR 17 and SWEPSYM will be a Virtual Conference
The Arizona Hydrological Society and the Floodplain Management Association have decided the conference will be virtual. Both organizations received requests from speakers and registrants to provide a virtual meeting because their agency or company has restricted in-person attendance in 2020. These requests occurred before the recent COVID-19 increases in Arizona, which has further prompted the two societies for the conferences to be virtual.

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